Sustainability and the Climate Crisis

A week of discussion

March 15-19, 2021

Concordia University

During the unfolding environmental emergency, when the effects of global warming and biodiversity loss are beginning to be felt acutely across the globe, our common future depends on researchers across disciplines working together to address the issue. This need is as important at Concordia University as it is elsewhere. In fact, as a Next Generation institution recently recognized as the leading Canadian University under 50, the Concordia community arguably is especially well-positioned to do so. With this in mind, in March 2021, the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre and the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability collaborated with Concordia's 4th Space to host a week of online discussion and conversation on the environmental crisis, focussing particularly on the climate emergency.

In case you missed any of the events or would like to revisit any of them, please see the recordings below.

Current issues in sustainability science

Emissions targets and a challenge to capitalism

Sustainability through open scholarship

Decarbonizing and carbon catching

Applications of life cycle assessment

Concordia campus as a living lab

Insects as indicators and drivers of global change

Climate change and natural systems

Next generation cities

Sustainability on land and in the water

Careers in sustainability

Urban sprawl and sustainability

Implications of the remaining carbon budget

Climate action at Concordia

The future of biodiversity

Keeping fossil fuels in the ground

Coffee agroforestry

Climate Geopardy

Schedule of Events

Monday, March 15, 2021

Time	Event
10:30:12:00	Current topics in sustainability science, featuring Julia Bonaventura, Kai Bruce, Margo Burgess-Pollet, Emily Colins, Vincenzo Corelli, Tania Couture, Alexandria Farrell-Coulas, Yisa Ginath Yuh, Alexa Mantifel, Lana Mutassem, Rain Noakes, Nicholas Pfeiffer-Major, Yann Quash, Michael Jairus Rolheiser, Kayden Schwartz, Alessandra Szilagyi, Naomi Trott, Avery Tyrell, and Alice Yue See the recording of this session here.
12:45-13:45	Insects: indicators and agents of global change? featuring Emma Despland, Javier Ibara-Issasi, and Pamela Yataco See the recording of this session here.
14:30-15:30	Implications of the remaining carbon budget for climate policies and emissions targets, featuring Damon Matthews See the recording of this session here.
16:15-17:15	Emissions targets and a challenge to capitalism?, featuring Anders Bjorn and Daniel Horen Greenford See the recording of this session here.

Tuesday, March 16th, 2021

Time	Event
10:00-11:30	Climate change and natural systems, featuring Brian Gallagher, Jeannine-Marie St.-Jacques, Duane Noel, Alex Pace, and Brogan Stewart See the recording of this session here.
12:00-13:00	Climate action at Concordia: A panel discussion, featuring Amr Addas, Dan Gauthier, and Damon Matthews See the recording of this session here.
14:00-15:00	Sustainable research through open scholarship, featuring Krista Byers-Heinlein and Pedro Peres-Neto See the recording of this session here.
16:00-17:00	Next generation cities. Now. featuring Ursula Eicker, Govind Gopakumar, Carmela Cucuzzella, Janis Timm-Bottos, and Erkan Yonder See the recording of this session here.

Wednesday, March 17th, 2021

Time	Event
10:00-11:00	The future of biodiversity on a changing planet, featuring Pedro Peres-Neto and Lilian Sales See the recording of this session here.
11:45-12:30	Decarbonizing and carbon catching for planet positive futures, featuring Satoshi Ikeda See the recording of this session here.
13:15-14:15	Sustainability on land and in the water, featuring Clara Freeman-Cole, Sahar Alinezhad, and Jacques Simon-Mayer See the recording of this session here.
15:00-16:00	Keeping fossil fuels in the ground: The future of climate policy? featuring Angela Carter See the recording of this session here.

Thursday, March 18th, 2021

Time	Event
10:00-11:15	Using Life Cycle Assessment: A workshop, facilitated by Shannon Lloyd
12:00-13:00	Applications and issues in Life Cycle Assessment: Examining the impacts, featuring Debdeep Chaterjee, Elahe Fakoor, and Zeynab Yousefzadeh See the recording of this session here.
14:00-15:00	Careers in sustainability, featuring Katerina Fragos, Anthony Garoufalis-Auger, and Faisal Shennib See the recording of this session here.
16:00-17:00	Confronting the climate crisis: Coffee agroforestry and sustainability, featuring Ivette Perfecto See the recording of this session here.

Friday, March 19th, 2021

Today's events contribute to the Global Climate Strike.

Time	Event
10:00-12:00	Concordia campus as a living lab, featuring Ursula Eicker, Jing Iris Hu, Alice Jarry, Chunyan Lai, Mohamed Ouf, Cassandra Lamontagne, and Carly Ziter See the recording of this session here.
12:45-13:45	Urban sprawl and sustainability, featuring Mirya Reid, Danielle Douez, and Parnian Pourtaherian See the recording of this session here.
14:30-15:30	The Climate Emergency Committee presents Climate Geopardy, facilitate by Alex Pace See the recording of this session here.

All events are free and open to the public online. Click on an event title for more information or to register.

For more information, contact Rebecca Tittler, Coordinator of the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability and the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre

This week-long series is brought to you by the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability and the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre in collaboration with 4th Space, with the support of the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies; the Faculty of Arts and Science; the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Communities and Cities; the John Molson School of Business; the Faculty of Fine Arts; and the Departments of Biology; Communication Studies; Economics; Geography, Planning and Environment; Management; and Political Science at Concordia University.

Sustainability and the Climate Crisis

Schedule of Events

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